Ukraine’s new army chief aiming to harness power of high-tech weapons
Col Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi spoke a day after President Volodymyr Zelensky put him in charge of the battlefield campaign against Russia’s invasion.
World News|Feb 9
World News
778 results - Page 11 of 52
Zelensky appoints new army leader at pivotal moment in war with Russia
The move follows days of speculation that General Valerii Zaluzhnyi would be sacked and amounts to a major shake-up of Ukraine’s war strategy.
World News|Feb 8
World News
At least 28 killed in shelling in Russian-occupied Ukraine
Moscow-installed officials blamed Ukraine.
World News|Feb 4
World News
Rock band critical of Putin detained in Thailand
The progressive rock band Bi-2 are being held in a Thai immigration centre.
World News|Jan 30
World News
Russian opposition activist has disappeared from prison, colleagues say
Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr was being held in a prison in the Omsk region.
World News|Jan 29
World News
Russia claims Ukraine shot down transport plane, with 74 on board killed
The incident took place in Belgorod, near the border with Ukraine.
World News|Jan 24
World News
‘All on board killed’ as Russian plane carrying Ukraine PoWs crashes
The crash took place in Russia’s Belgorod region near the border with Ukraine.
World News|Jan 24
World News
Three dead and more than 100 homes damaged in earthquake in western China
The quake was the latest in a series of seismic events and natural disasters to hit the vast country’s western regions.
World News|Jan 23
World News
‘Magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits remote western China’
The earthquake rocked Wushu county in Aksu prefecture just after 2am local time, Xinhua cited the China Earthquake Networks Centre as saying.
World News|Jan 22
World News
Dozens killed in shelling on market in Russian-occupied Ukraine
One local Russian official said the shells were fired by the Ukrainian military.
World News|Jan 21
World News
Russians who criticise military could have money and property confiscated
Russia’s parliament is to consider a new law against people who spread ‘deliberately false information’ about Moscow’s military actions.
World News|Jan 20
World News
Ukrainian drone attack on oil depot in Russia sparks blaze, officials say
Friday’s strike is apparently the latest in a recently intensified effort by Ukraine to unnerve Russians.
World News|Jan 19
World News
US military launches another barrage of missiles against Houthi sites in Yemen
It marks the fourth time in days it has directly targeted the group.
World News|Jan 18
World News
Russian missiles strike Ukrainian apartment buildings
At least 17 people were hurt in the strikes in the country’s north-east.
World News|Jan 17
World News
Zelensky in Estonia during visit to Russia’s Baltic neighbours
The Ukrainian President arrived in Tallinn late on Wednesday after beginning his Baltic trip in Lithuania.
World News|Jan 11
World News